69580 - History of Deviance and Marginality (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students will be acquainted with some of the main historical paradigms related to the social disease, through the study of deviance and marginality, demonstrating to possess the appropriated tools bound to the territory in which events occur. They will be particularly able to analyse social, economic and political aspects which caused such events as the birth and the development of mafia from Sicily, camorra from Campania, ‘ndrangheta from Calabria, in addition to the Italo-American mafia, the Chinese and Japanese mafia, the Albanian, the African and the Russian mafia, etc. They will be also able to evaluate and explain such issues as violence against women, prostitution, abortion, infanticide and child abuse. Other remarks will focus on the American Indian’s events, and on likewise anguishing issues of suffering, subordination and violence. Students will eventually be able to use specific education strategies in order to stimulate the interlocutors to learn history.

Course contents

At the end of the course, students will be acquainted with some of the main historical paradigms related to the social disease, possessing the appropriated tools bound to the territory in which events occur. They will be particularly able to analyse such issues as the mafia from Sicily, the one from Calabria, the one from Campania, in addition to references to other countries’ mafias. They will be also able to evaluate some aspects of infanticide, violence against women, child abuse, incest, abortion, etc. In particular, in a mixture of political and social history, they will study old and new, simple and organized crime’s phenomena, from guappi to brigands, from bandits to criminality raging in various world’s countries.

Readings/Bibliography

Students that will attend classes, (in addition to lessons notes, are asked to prepare the following books:

• Nicaso, 'Ndrangheta. Le radici dell'odio, Roma, Aliberti editore, 2010.
• Ciconte, Mafie del mio stivale, San Cesario di Lecce, Manni editore, 2017.

Students that will not attend classes are asked to prepare the following additional book , replacing lessons notes:

• Di Fiore, La camorra e le sue storie, Torino, Utet, 2017.

Teaching methods

Lectures require the applications of tools and notions in order to educate to legality. They also demandStudents will be also trained in planning an historical and educational path.

Assessment methods

Oral exams on the dates planned and indicated in the Personal page of the Instructor under ‘Teaching’ > ‘Exam sessions’.

Students that will attend classes: the exam consists of an oral interview in which the candidate must provide proof of having acquired critical, methodological and synthesis skills, and a proper language.

The oral exam begins with a check of the exam program, checking the teacher's permissions for personally agreed programs, and then evaluating the manual (at least three questions). Subsequently, if the outcome is positive, you the exam will continue with reflections on the other texts, and then with one or two questions regarding the content of the lessons

Students that will not attend classes: the exam consists of an oral interview on the indicated readings, with particular reference to the manuals; the students must also summarise the additional monography, demonstrating knowledge and mastery of the subject studied.

Grades are expressed in thirtieths. Registration on electronic board is required in order to take the exam. In case of technical difficulties, with the student affairs office's approval, professor will still admit the students to the exam.

Top marks will be awarded to a student displaying an ability to provide an overall understanding of the topics discussed in the bibliography and during the lectures (or in the additional book), combined with a critical approach to the material and a confident and effective use of the appropriate terminology

Average marks will be awarded to a student who has memorized the main points of the material and is able to summarise them satisfactorily and provide an effective critical commentary, while failing to display a complete command of the appropriate terminology.

A student will be deemed to have failed the exam if he displays significant errors in his understanding and failure to grasp the overall outlines of the subject, together with a poor command of the appropriate terminology.

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